Regulatory elements of the Staphylococcus aureus protein A (Spa) promoter

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3738-3748

  Gao, Jinxin ^a   Stewart, George C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN AGR; PROTEIN MGRA; PROTEIN ROT; PROTEIN SARS; PROTEIN SART; SMAD ANCHOR FOR RECEPTOR ACTIVATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING SITE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY DNA SEQUENCE; REPORTER GENE; SPA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 2942572788     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3738-3748.2004     Document Type: Article

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